August 6, 2007

• Lessons Learned From Our Amazing E-Session

  Our engagement photographs were shot on Friday by the amazingly talented Ray and Erwin from Apertura! While I'm waiting to upload the pictures, I just thought I'd share some little takeaways from the session.

  1) WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES. I wore a pair of brand new patent leather pumps:

  

  And while they indeed looked hot, my feet were killing me after trekking around the city. KILLING ME. Mr. Eggplant who usually doesn't care for heels told me, "I normally wouldn't say this, but this one time I'll tell you to suck it up for the sake of the picture ."

  2) It's hard being a model! "Grab your left elbow with your right arm. Tilt your head. Look to the left. Angle your body 45 degrees. Do jumping jacks on your hands while reciting the alphabet backwards. Ok, now act natural!" Umm... yeah. I have much respect for models. Those poses that look so natural are actually pretty uncomfortable! Mr. Eggplant and I had an audience of strangers at  few points during the session, which was kind of weird because we were kissing in many of the photographs. Kissing in front of strangers = Too much PDA for this veggie-bee. Ray and Erwin were strapped full with multiple cameras plus many bags of equipment, so people must've thought we were shooting a magazine spread or something.

  3) Leave as many your belongings in your car as you can. I arrived at the session from work so I was carrying a bunch of clothes to change into plus my heavy purse. All of these I lugged around from location to location. While I was making out with my fiance for the camera, I was also pretending to not to be worried that someone would snatch my wallet away. Not. Fun.

  4) Get to know your photographers! It really helps with the comfort level. Coincidentally, Erwin and Ray shot a wedding that Mr. Eggplant attended in Orange County the week prior to our e-session, so we were fortunate to meet them briefly. I had no idea that Apertura was shooting our friend's wedding, but it helped to meet them because when it came our turn to pose, gone was the awkward feeling of making out with my fiance in front of strangers. The four of us also had a chance to enjoy dinner together after the shoot. I had so much fun that I can't wait to hang out with them again at our wedding and I know I'll be even more comfortable for the next photography session.

  5) Groom your nails! We took plenty of close-up shots of my fingers against Mr. Eggplant's face, my hand on the collar of his shirt, my arm on his arm, his hands on my cheek... Bitten nails and flaky skin = not so cute in pictures.

  6) If you decide to have your makeup done, go a makeup counter for application at a reasonable price. I scheduled an appointment at Shu Uemura in SF where they will do makeup application with a purchase of $50 or more in products. They did the works for me, starting from cleansing and toning to eyeshadow, bronzer, and blush. The best part is that I got $50 of great stuff to take home!

  7) Check the times on the parking meters. Ok, so this one's not applicable for anyone but me. But I got a $50 ticket on Friday because I forgot that parking meter times by the Embarcadero area of SF end at 7pm. Sucky, but what can ya do.

  Picture post coming soon!

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